Two Serpents Rise

Executive Summary: This book is more of the so-so Urban Fantasy that has turned me off of the subgenre. It's not bad, but there are a lot of better books out there.Full ReviewI generally don't like much Urban Fantasy, but there are some exceptions. I'm a sucker for book deals though, and I'd heard good things about this one so I picked up the entire series on the cheap.I was happy to find that I rather enjoyed [b:Three Parts Dead 13539191 Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1) Max Gladstone https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1333049511s/13539191.jpg 19101555] and was eager to jump into this one. Unfortunately I never really got into this book until right near the end.I thought Caleb was a far less interesting protagonist. It could be that it's because he's not a craft user. Then again I did like the world building his character brought to the magic system. It'd probably be boring if everyone was a craft user. I'd probably say the additions to the magic system were the main highlight of this book for me.The supporting characters were much better than Caleb. In particular found Caleb's father a great addition. The relationship between him and his son helped carry much of the middle part of the book. The other supporting character I liked was Mal. I was a lot more interested in learning about her than Caleb.Overall I found this book a bit on the slow side until the final part. It wasn't nearly as good as the first book in the series. I hear good things about [b:Full Fathom Five 16148208 Full Fathom Five (Craft Sequence, #3) Max Gladstone https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1385068358s/16148208.jpg 21982690], and I already own it, so I'm sure I'll end up reading it up before too long.